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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIGE N JAMES S. COOKE, OF LIVERSEDGE, ENGLAND.

IMPROVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR DYEING WOOL. SILK. COTTON, &c, IN I 'HIESKEIN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 146,320, dated January13, 1874; application filed July 19, 1873.

" To all whom it may concern:

y sedge, in the county of York and Kingdom of England, carpetmanufacturers and merchants, have invented certain Improvements inMachinery or Apparatus to be employed in Dyeing Wool, Silk, Cotton,Flax, or other iibrous substances in the hank or skein, of which thefollowing is a specification:

This invention consists of an ordinary dyeing ci stern or vessel withbearers fixed on each side suitable to support a series of rollers orbars, on which a series of the hanks of fibrous substances to be dyedare placed and suspended in the dye-liquor. A frame is applied to eachside of the cistern having bearers suitable to support a series of polesor rods intermediately between the rollers, each pole passing alsothrough the series of hanks o n one of the adjoining rollers,respectively. These frames have both a rising and falling as well as alateral motion given to them by eccentrics or cranks and rods in suchmanner as to draw forward the hanks intermittently over the rollers,catches being provided to take into ratchet-wheels fixed on the rollersto hold them at each movement, thus turning the-hanks or drawing themthroughthe liquor in the cistern in a similar manner as is now done byhand, the hanks or skeins being prevented from coming in contact withthe sides of the cistern by a roller supported longitudinally uponbearings fixed at or near the top of each side of the cistern. Astandard is fixed at or near each end of the cistern, and to one ofthese is attached a winch-roller driven by a small pinion geared intoalarger spur-wheel, the small pinion being operated by an ordinarywinch-handle. From the winch-roller two chains proceed over pulleys in across-head supported at a suflicient elevation above the cistern, andfrom this cross-head a frame or creel is suspended by means of the twochains for the purpose of carrying the poles and rollers together withthe hanks or skeins, and for lowering and lifting the same into and outof the cistern, as required, and the arrangement is such that when thebanks are in the cistern the frame or creel lies dormant immediatelybelow and in readiness to lift the said poles and rollers by means ofthe winch.

Such being the nature and object of this my said invention, l will nowproceed to describe the same in detail; and in order that the same maybe clearly understood, I have hereunto annexed two sheets of drawings,and have marked the same with gures and letters of reference, the sameletter referring to the same part in the various views orfigures, inwhich- Figure lis an end elevation of a machine constructed according tomy invention. Fig. 2 is a side view of the same, and Fig. 3 isa det-ailof one of the rods or poles.

A is the dyeing cistern `or vessel, and B are the bearings fixed on eachside of the machine. These bearers support a series of rollers, C, onwhich the hanks G are placed. D D are frames, one at each side of thecistern A, the bearers D1 of which support the poles or rods D2, asshown, within the spaces between the rollers. Each of these poles orrods is passed through the series of hanks on the adjoining roller,respectively. The frames D D have both a rising and falling as well as alateral motion given to them by the eccentrics E E on the shaft E1,actuated by the bevel-gear E2 E3.

The eccentrics E E are connected to the cross shaft F by the eccentricstraps F1. The shaft F is thus caused to rise and fall in the slottedbearings or guides F2 F2, the lateral motion of the frames and poles andhanks being obtained through the agency of the cranks G, attached to thedisks G1 and to the cross-shaft F. The motion of the crank-shaft isderived from the spur-wheels G2 G3,'and so the hanks supported on therollers and poles are drawn forward in termittently over the rollersstage by stagecatches H and I ratchet-wheels H being applied to the endof each roller C to prevent the slipping backward of the roller andhank. J J are counterbalance-weights, communicating, by means of thecords or chains J1, with the shaft F, for the purpose of assisting theeccentrics to raise the said shaft-frame, poles, and yarn. At J 2 isshown a bell-crank lever, the end of the lower arm being received Withinthe groove of the friction-clutch J a. The other arm of the crankcarries an adjustable weight, J 4, for keeping the friction apparatus J3 in contact and driving the machine, the Weight J 4 being so adjustedthat should the hanks become entangled, or from other cause the machinebe deranged, then the additional power required to drive the samebecomes greater than tbe friction apparatus Will give, and so the goingparts of the machine cease to move, and breakage and loss are avoided. Kand Kl are standards. To tbe standard K1 is iixed the Winch and rollerK2, tbe chains or cords K3 from which are passed over the guide-pulleysL L, and to the guides M of tbe frame or creel M', the latter being fortbe purpose of lifting tbe rollers C, poles, and banks out of and abovethe dyeing-cistern, the catch-Wheel N and catch P being employed forholding the said creel, rollers, poles, and banks above thedyeing-cistern While the banks are draining or when the machine is notin operation, the said creel being of further utility for lowering andimmersing the banks from time to time during the preparation of tbedyeing matter Within tbe vessel A, and to facilitate the placing' andreplacing the banks on the poles.

In the drawings l have shown the creel partially raised on tbe standardsK Kl, tbe banks, rollers, and poles being carried, as described, abovetbe vessel A; and in such drawings the said creel is also shown indotted lines at its lowest or dormant position; or, in lieu of tbeeccentrics E E, for lifting the frames and poles, bell-crank levers,actuated by tappets from the shafts E4, and E5, may be employed.

apparatus, such as described, tbe catcbes Il and ratchet-Wheels H',arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes describedand set forth.

5. The combination of the friction-clutch J l, bell-crank lever J 2, andadjustable Weight J 4, substantially as and for the purposes specified.

JAMES S. COOKE.

Vifitnesses:

WALTER BRIERLEY,

Patent Agent, Halifax and Bradford. CHARLEs BRAYsnAW, Bmdjbrd.

